World History

Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 29 August 2015 Chapter 40 Outline World without Borders 11/9/1989, Kristina Matschat joined 1k's of East Germans at Checkpoint Charlie Fearful of Volkspolizei, ?ppl's. Police,? ppl. >1961 killed East Germans escaping World became globalized after fall of Berlin Wall Globalization included advances in comm. Tech, int'l trade, new global enterprises, gov'ts/int'l organizations that favored market Cultural integration resulted form ideas, info, values spreading Consumer goods, pop. Culture, TV, PCs, Internet spread in Euro/US Women struggled to close divide between sexes, fighting for econ./political rights Int'l organizations such as UN acknowledged sig. Of borders in world with migration

Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 26 August 2015 Chapter 38 Outline Bipolar World 7/1959, vice pres. Of US Richard M. Nixon arrived in Moscow to open American Nat?l Exhibition, display of US goods in Russia Host Soviet premier Nikita S. Khrushchev, didn?t embrace it US Congress passed ?captive nations? resolution, criticized USSR for mistreatment of satellite nations, Khrushchev was convinced Nixon?s visit was humiliation Before visiting exhibition, Khrushchev/Nixon debated about captive nations Took place in US model house built for exhibit Khrushchev mocked appliances in kitchen, including lemon juicer/dishwasher Epitomized ?capitalist attitude toward women? Argued working class couldn?t afford them

Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 24 August 2015 Chapter 36 Outline Nat'lism/ID's in Asia, Africa, Latin America Shanfei; daughter of landowning man of Chinesegentry, grew up with luxuries Father allowed her to attend school, mother clothed her in silk dresses Matured into woman who rejected rich trappings of youth, became feminist Grew up during WW1; rise of nat?lism/communism in China after revolution of 1911/Russian revolution in 1917 guided transformation of her, became commie Fam. In Hunan province took new spirit in 20th Brothers returned from school with feminism Mother was instrumental to Shanfei?s departure from destiny of Chinese girls Listened to sonsas they discussed views, applied them to daughter

Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 22 August 2015 Chapter 34 Outline Contemporary Global Alignments, 1914 ? Present 1914, Euro torn by nat?l?ism/colonial disputesplunged into war Ottoman, Japan, US joined, became global; ended in 1918, Euro exhausted resources Global interdep. Ensured everyone would cope with postwar stress, culminating in Great Depression of 1929; paved way for fascist dictatorships in Italy/Germany Communists Soviet Union, born out of revolution in 1917, industrialized 5-yr. plans transformed USSR into int?l power/1stsocialist state Weakening of Euro colonies led to turmoil in Asia, nat?l?ism formed indep.